M5 T4 Socialist law Flashcards
Into which category does soviet law fit?
None.
What is the origin of Socialist law?
The 1917 Russian Revolution and the Creation of the Soviet Union
Where can we find the influence of Socialist law?
- Eastern and central Europe
- China
- North-Korea and Vietnam
- Cuba
- Some countries in Africa
Law according to Marxist-Leninist theory
instrument of exploitation employed by the bourgeoisie in order to stay in power.
How did Marxist-Leninist theory see western law?
Unjust and Reactionary and was rejected
What was the aim of the leaders of communist countries?
install a new society governed by the dictatorship of the proletariat. Means of production would be collectivised.
No need for the State.
On what grounds idd Socialist law arise?
Economic grounds, embedded in communist ideology
By what were courts required to issue judgments by instead of law itself?
The Socialist Conscience of law
What did the glasnost and perestroika by President Gorbachov of Russia reveal?
The decline of the socialist juridical system
What represented the last nail in the coffin of the socialist law?
The fall of the Berlin wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union
To which legal system did the countries that were under the failed attempt of Marxism-Leninism return to
Continental European Law
What is involved in the neo-Romantization of socialist laws?
The countries returning to the continental tradition.
Where can we still find some socialist laws?
In Cuba and China
These are however also in a process of transformation.
